Legal Opinion
Moskowitz v. Cohen
City of New York Municipal Court
Decided February 14, 1936PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis (David C.), J.
The plaintiff leads with an application for an examination before trial. The defendant counters with an attack upon the sufficiency of the complaint. The complaint alleges that the plaintiff was a tenant in common with the defendant of a Chevrolet car. She sues for the conversion of her property rights in the car. Conversion is a possessory action. (Ellis v. Feeney & Sheehan Bldg. Co., 187 App. Div. 481; affd., 230 N. Y. 565.) What about the facts?
It is the plaintiff’s story that one summer’s evening, as defendant’s guest, she accompanied him in his car to Playland, a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Goodrich v. . HoughtonNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Osborn v. . SchenckNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Ellis v. Feeney & Sheehan Building Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919
- Zak v. SimpsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
- People v. MillerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1936
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Harris v. Economic Opportunity Commission of Nassau County, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- Pando v. FernandezNew York Supreme Court · 1984
- Lundstrom v. De SantosCity of New York Municipal Court · 1954
- Droge v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1937